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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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